Energy Bangla

The government has plans to raise power price, Nasrul Hamid Bipu has said while defending the move to increase gas prices up to 50 percent. “The gas price for power sector has increased. So we want to adjust the price of electricity,” said the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources at a programme in Dhaka on Friday, a day after the announcement of gas price hike. The ministry... »

Rahmatullah Md. Dastgir, the additional secretary of power division has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC). The temporary appointment came at a moment when the tenure of the last MD was finished. However, engineers of DPDC have decided to go for a movement against the new appointment, as the newly appointed Managing Director is not an engineer rather he’s from administration... »

Hackers are now a real threat to the ‘sensitive’ or ‘critical’ infrastructures like power stations or grid systems. They can easily penetrate to any such modern computerized systems and cause much damage or even create a hazard to the country’s power sector if enough protective measures are not taken timely. Addressing this issue, the Power division has directed the concerned authorities to take necessary steps to safeguard these critical infrastructures... »

Visiting Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President Wencai Zhang on Thursday said the regional bank will support only renewable and gas-based power and energy development in Bangladesh, not any coal-fired or nuclear power plant project. “Supporting nuclear or coal-based power plant is not part of our policy. We support clean energy development such as hydro, solar and wind and also the initiative for energy efficiency, human resource development that are required... »

The government will install a 160-kilometre 400-kilovolt (kv) high-voltage power grid from Patuakhali to Gopalganj for carrying electricity from the proposed 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant, officials said. Power Division officials said the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has already undertaken the project to construct the power grid for supplying uninterrupted electricity from the upcoming 1320MW thermal power plant at Pyra. The PGCB has taken up the project at... »

The state minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today urged on simplifying the initialization process of any new electric connection and also making it faster at the same time. He also stressed on initializing the electric connection of the household subscribers within one day as well as minimizing the time that usually required for the industrial connection initialization. The state minister laid particular stress on faster electrifying... »

Finally, two short-listed Japanese firm named Marubeni and Sumitomo has submitted tender documents for the implementation of a coal-based 1,200 MW power plant at Matarbari, Cox’s bazaar. Noteworthy that, the process of tender submission got stuck due to the terror attack that took place on 1st July in Dhaka’s Holey Artisan restaurant. State-owned Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) is the owner and the caretaker of the Matarbari power... »

Bangladesh Ambassador in Nepal Mashfee Binte Shams has announced the government’s plan to buy hydroelectric power at a roundtable in Kathmandu. She has said Bangladesh is ready to invest $2 billion for hydropower projects. She also shared Bangladesh’s renewable energy experiences at the roundtable recently. The Asian Institute of Diplomacy & International Affairs (AIDIA) and Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) jointly organised it, the organisers said in a statement. Minister... »

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid wednesday said there are eight power plants having 5,925-MW generation capacity in the public and private sector are now under implementation in the country and the plants will be completed in phases from 2018 to 2021. The state minister made the disclosure while replying to a question from treasury bench member M Israfil Alam in the Jatiya Sangsad. Nasrul said... »

Allegations are there that, the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board’s (BPDB or PDB) procurement process is engrossed in plentiful corruption. Addressing these issues, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Power, Energy and mineral Resources have recently ordered the PDB to investigate. Complaints are there that, with compliance with some of the corrupt officials of the board, the PDB has been placing purchase orders at a much higher... »